Here is today's workshop rotation on measuring development.
Homework this for next week.
Please familiarise yourself with this Google Presentation for next week. You will be expected to discuss the issues raised in the next workshop rotation.
Please watch these videos and makes notes on them. What do they tell us about measuring levels of development and the different perspectives we can take.
India - The Rising Superpower:
ReplyDelete- Average GDP growth of 6.5% p.a over the past decade
- Foreign exchange reserves of over US $140 billion
- US $28 billion in IT industry -> employing 750,000 people
- 45% annual growth in BPO sector
- World's fastest growing telcom market
- 1.6 million mobile subscribers added every month
- World's fastest growing passenger car market -> US $6.7 million auto components industry
- Fast emerging destination for healthcare & alternate medicine
- Foreign trade worth US $144 billion in fiscal 2004
- Rapid growth in core sector industries
- One of the world's largest food producers
- Growth in logistics and transport infrastructure
- Indigenous satellite technology
- 2.46 million graduates, 15000 engineers & scientists every year
- Free and open economy
- Growing market for foreign entertainment -> exporting icons of entertainment and sports
- Multi-religious and multi-ethnic
- World's largest electronic ballot exercise
- Independent judiciary
- Free, vocal and alert media
- Education
- Stable parliament government
India's Mars Mission justified:
- $80 million invested on the mission to Mars
- Criticism faced from British politicians -> half of the nation's children are under nourish
- India's ambition on the world -> giving something for people to cheer on
- India launched the Mars mission to register their ambition and to post a sign that they have the intensity to look after technical ability
- Emerging countries need this ambition and goals like India has, in order to tackle important technical issues they have
India leads the Space Race with a Mission to Mars (BBC):
- Cost of mission = $80 million
- The mission will put India together in a small group with 6 other countries who have also sent missions to the moon -> India recognized worldwide for its technical achievements
- India's moon mission is part of its country lofty ambitions to demonstrate India's technological achievements
- India has successfully accomplished all this far cheaper than any other nations have managed to
India- A Rising LEDC power
ReplyDeleteAverage GDP growth of 6.5% over the past decade
45% annual growth in BPO sector
World's fastest growing telcom market
1.6 million mobile subscribers added every month
World's fastest growing passenger car market ($6.7 million auto components)
However, half of the nations children are still maunurished
and gets 300 million pounds from the UK
So should they be using $80 million on a space mission?
Justification: To show the proactive and active state that the country is in.